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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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1. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






2. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






3. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






4. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






5. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






6. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






7. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






8. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






9. Where the revolving door was fully developed






10. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






11. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






12. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






13. Pale green






14. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






15. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






16. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






17. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






18. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






19. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






20. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






21. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






22. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






23. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






24. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






25. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






26. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






27. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






28. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






29. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






30. Renowned for paintings and prints






31. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






32. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






33. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






34. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






35. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






36. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






37. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






38. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






39. Known for his glass sculpture






40. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






41. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






42. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






43. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






44. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






45. The amount of light reflected by a hue






46. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






47. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






48. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






49. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






50. Creates blue dye







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